Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother of a dependent child if she is without a husband or if she: 1.
(1)#
Is the wife of a husband who is incapacitated for gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
(2)#
Is the wife of a husband who is incarcerated or who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a wage because the husband is required by a court imposed sentence to perform unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
(3)#
Is the wife of a husband who has been committed to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such commitment; or
(4)#
Is the wife of a husband who has continuously abandoned or failed to support her, if proceedings have been commenced against the husband under ch. 769; or
(5)#
Has been divorced and is without a husband or legally separated from her husband and is unable through use of the provisions of law to compel her former husband to adequately support the child for whom aid is sought; or
(6)#
Has commenced an action for divorce or legal separation and obtained a temporary order for support under s. 767.225 which order is either insufficient to adequately meet the needs of the child or cannot be enforced through the provisions of law; or
(7)#
Has obtained an order under s. 767.501 from the court to compel support, which order is either insufficient to adequately meet the needs of the child or cannot be enforced through the provisions of law; or
(8)#
Is incapacitated and the county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22 believes she is the proper payee.